Adopted Quotes

If the system were designed to protect adoptees, why do so many have to fight for their rights?

DaShanne Stokes

Adoptee rights are everyone's rights, and they deserve to be protected.

DaShanne Stokes

Adoption is a lifelong journey. It means different things to me at different times. Sometimes it is just a part of who I am. Other times it is something I am actively going through.

Kelly DiBenedetto

I'm glad you were both here," I finally manage, thinking how strange it is to be standing with the two people who made you, something most kids take for granted every day of their lives.

It's illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections.

DaShanne Stokes

Adoption isn't just a childhood experience, it's a life-long experience.

DaShanne Stokes

Adoptees deserve open records because deception and partial truths do not set us free.

DaShanne Stokes

A role model is a person whose roles can be modelled. If the roles you conceive and give birth to today cannot be adopted by anyone in your absence, you are no good model.

Israelmore Ayivor

But Nita had always seen having a child as selfish. Why bring another soul into this world, she'd say, when there are so many out there that need our help?

Being denied their original birth certificates isn't just a problem for adoptees. It's a social problem, requiring social change.

DaShanne Stokes

Laws forbidding adoptees from accessing their original birth certificates are outdated and need to be changed today.

DaShanne Stokes

Blood can help make family, but family often transcends blood.

DaShanne Stokes